I'm not sure how these people are allowed to practice medicine, but they shouldn't. Dr. Roblejo is completely incompetent and caused our family dog so much anguish because he didn't know what he was d... Read More
I'm not sure how these people are allowed to practice medicine, but they shouldn't. Dr. Roblejo is completely incompetent and caused our family dog so much anguish because he didn't know what he was doing. My father's dog had a tumor on his leg and needed to be amputated. Despite arguing with my dad telling him not to let this guy do it, he insisted. My father had asked Dr.Roblejo about his amputation, and wether or not our dog could have a prosthetic. The "Dr." made it clear that the entire leg had to come off and nothing would be left. Fast forward to a week later, he's in surgery and I'm a ball of nerves because my gut told me not to trust these people with my precious baby. Only a few hours after they start, we get a call saying he was finished. "already?", I said to myself. So, we get to the vet, and there's Dr. Roblejo, leaving his office for the day! Gives us a thumbs up, and gets in his car and drives away. What? So we go in to get him and the nurses take me back to him. I didn't notice at first, but once he got in the car I realized the dr did not amputate his entire leg. He left our dogs ENTIRE femur still hanging from his hip! Not even a mid femoral amputation, where you leave a stub hanging out of the hip, but the ENTIRE femur! My dog looks like a complete freak show now, and he keeps getting it caught on everything.We called to ask what the hell happened, and they suddenly act like that's what was going to happen all along. Telling me that a leg removal from the hip would "cost thousands more" and was a "much more complicated procedure". So they half assed a job they were never qualified to do in the first place. Also, full amputations are still less than 2,000 at many vets. Helping Hands in Va only charges $850, and they specialize in amputation. Not only that, but Dr. Roblejo had NO idea how to properly medicate him to manage his pain. Our dog was in agony, having fits, yelping and trying to bite everyone. Finally we call his oncologist, a dr that I found with a good reputation. She told us he should be on three medications, not one. And she told me that he should have been on a drug called Gabapentin for his nerves starting the say before surgery. Dr. Roblejo knew nothing about any of this, therefore causing my dog agony. The female Dr. there is just as clueless. I wasn't with our dog the day he got his stitches out, but other family members went because at that point, I had 0 trust in these people and wanted someone there with my dad.The female vet told my dad we can basically "feed him whatever we want now" and somehow swayed my dad into using his leftover funds to purchase a crap bag of Rx dog food. What? No! Our dog has cancer, and dog food is not fit for cancer. He's a cancer survivor, not a cancer hospice patient. To say I'm angry wouldn't even begin to truly express how I feel about what has happened.Because of our dogs size and age, we cannot give him another surgery to fix the botch job this idiot did on my poor angel. We have to focus on his cancer now.The nurse staff is nice there, I will say that. But a friendly nursing staff isn't what is important. It's Dr's that know what they're doing, and these people certainly don't.If you know what's good for you, do NOT take your dog here for any reason. Read Less